Neuro Science Article Review

 

 

Here are the steps to follow:

1) Find a high quality news story about a neuroscience study that interests you and that can be connected to the content of this course. Try to find news stories published within the last 5 years.  At the end of the assignment instructions, you will find some examples of publications/magazines where you can find quality neuroscience news stories.

2) Your news story should not already be covered by a classmate. It should be unique to you.  Once you find an article of interest to you, check to see that it is not already being used by someone else by checking the discussion in BlackBoard.  If no one else is using the article, then, to avoid duplication, start a thread in BlackBoard and complete step “3)”, just below.  You’ll be able to return to your thread and continuing writing at a later time.

3) At the top of the assignment, before you start writing, provide a reference to the article: a) name of the news story author, b) year of news story title, c) news story publication outlet (e.g., New York Times, Science News), and d) a link to the story on the web.

4) When you are ready to begin writing, first, provide a clear summary of its basic findings.

5) Then, second, clearly articulate the link to a topic in the course that already or will be covered.

6) Your assignment should include two sections, one for the first part and one for the second part.  More importantly, the assignment should be well-written, thorough, and complete.  Please make it easy for me to give you all of the assignment points!!!

Here are some examples of publications/magazines where you can find quality neuroscience news stories:

Science Daily:  https://www.sciencedaily.com/

Science News: https://www.sciencenews.org/

New York Times Science Section:  https://www.nytimes.com/section/science

Vox Science & Health: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health

Inverse (see “Science” and “Mind & Body” sections):  https://www.inverse.com/